<p>I'm currently a junior at a good (T50) private university majoring in economics. I've always considered law school a possibility, and am now becoming increasingly serious about it. </p>
<p>I have a 3.82 GPA overall and a 4.0 in my major. I've started doing some informal review for the LSAT, which I tentatively plan to take in June 2011. I'm yet to take a full practice test, but I've been working through PowerScore's Logic Games Bible and have been somewhat successful (at most 2 wrong per game) on the practice exercises at the end of each chapter. I've been reading Steve Schwartz's LSAT blog (NYC</a> LSAT Tutor | LSAT Blog | Logic Games | Logical Reasoning | Reading Comprehension | Writing Sample | Law School Admissions Index | Study Schedules) regularly and plan to begin more intensive studying once the fall semester is over.</p>
<p>I've held a couple of legal and political jobs in my two years of college thus far. Weren't exactly prestigious jobs, but they were enjoyable and informative. My only concern is that I haven't been very involved with on-campus activities. To what extent does this matter?</p>
<p>Anyways, I would be quite content if fortunate enough to be accepted to a T14. As I do not realistically expect to get a 175+ on the LSAT, I'm probably not looking at YHS, but assuming I study very well for the LSAT and manage to pull a say.. 169-170, what schools should I be looking at (assuming my GPA stays around where it is now, +/- .05 points)?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any advice/information!</p>
<p>ECs matter very little, even less than for undergrad. It’s at least 95% GPA/LSAT at pretty much every school besides a few exceptions. Cal-Berkeley, Stanford, Yale put a lot more emphasis on the total package. Northwestern a lot more on work experience. Those are the major known ones.</p>
<p>Well I’m sure you’re familiar with the law school calculators, if not, google that. Lawschoolpredictor.com, hourumd.com, and lawschoolnumbers, which is actual individuals giving their results are all useful.</p>
<p>With your GPA and a 169 LSAT, you’d be competitive for every top 14 from Penn on. You’d get into at least a couple most likely. It’s pretty pointless though to guess what you’ll get on the LSAT because you’re only setting yourself up for disappointment if it turns out to be a more difficult challenge than you expect. Just because you have been good at standardized tests in the past does not necessarily mean you will be in the top 2% of the LSAT or so, but it might. Hey maybe you will exceed your expectations. </p>
<p>If you search top-law-schools.com forums, you’ll probably be able to find someone else who asked pretty much any question you can imagine.</p>
<p>And also, the rank of your undergrad is largely irrelevant if you were not aware of that.</p>
<p>I’m aware that there isn’t necessarily causation between past standardized tests and the LSAT. I obviously won’t know my score until I take the test. </p>
<p>I also understand that undergraduate school prestige is largely irrelevant, but is it ignored completely? In the rare event that all else is equal (GPA, LSAT, etc.), surely the individual from a top ranked school will get the edge over the other student, right?</p>
<p>Thanks for the response / information.</p>
<p>Try lawschoolpredictor.com I plugged in yoru numbers and it seems, with the excpetion of Yale and Harvard, you can get into a T14.</p>